Hurricane Helene

Deep Dive: How a changing climate is supercharging this deadly bacteria

December 30, 2025

One day — Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, to be exact — Steve Zelenski was in a boat checking stone crab traps on the Indian River Lagoon just west of the House of Refuge near Stuart. Four days later, the 68-year-old…

DEEP DIVE: Do hurricanes cause harmful algal blooms?

October 30, 2024

To the death and destruction caused by the immediate impact of hurricanes, add the secondary impact of harmful algal blooms. No, hurricanes don’t cause red tide or blue-green algal blooms, but they can fuel them. As evidence, look at how…

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